KR20230099775A - Apparatus of sterilizing a stethoscope - Google Patents

Abstract

A stethoscope sterilization device includes a sterilization unit in which an accommodating space for accommodating a stethoscope head is formed, and a which sterilizes the stethoscope head accommodated in the accommodating space using ultraviolet rays; a display unit indicating whether the stethoscope head is accommodated in the receiving space and whether sterilization has been completed; and a connection unit interconnecting the sterilization unit and the display unit and provided to be fixed to a pocket of a scrub suit, which allows patients to easily visually check whether the stethoscope head has been sterilized.

Description

Stethoscope sterilization device {APPARATUS OF STERILIZING A STETHOSCOPE}

The present invention relates to a stethoscope sterilization device. In particular, the present invention relates to a stethoscope sterilization device capable of sterilizing a stethoscope head for a certain period of time using ultraviolet rays generated by an ultraviolet LED device.

A stethoscope is a medical device for doctors to listen to a patient's heartbeat. The stethoscope can be used to examine a patient for a long time.

1 is a perspective view showing the structure of a general stethoscope.

Referring to FIG. 1, the stethoscope includes a stethoscope head 1 that contacts the patient's body to hear the patient's heart sound, a waveguide 2 that transmits the heart sound heard from the stethoscope head, and a waveguide from the waveguide. It includes an ear tab 5 for listening to the patient's heart sound.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 3 on the drawing denotes a Y-shaped waveguide and 4 denotes a recovery spring.

Due to its nature, the stethoscope comes into contact with many patients' bodies without being disinfected. In particular, when a doctor makes rounds in several hospital rooms, he or she is exposed to the surrounding environment for a long time while hanging in the pocket of the doctor's scrub suit or around the neck.

At this time, the stethoscope may be contaminated with various pathogens. Although it only comes into contact with the patient's skin, it has always been one of the risk factors for infection to the patient.

Furthermore, when the patient is treated in such a state, there is a problem of causing an unpleasant feeling to the patient.

Therefore, the present invention solves the above problems and eliminates the possibility of being contaminated by pathogens even when exposed to the hospital environment for a long time, thereby reducing opportunistic infections, and a stethoscope capable of disinfecting the stethoscope to suppress the occurrence of discomfort to patients during treatment. A sterilization device is provided.

In the stethoscope sterilization apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention, an accommodation space accommodating a stethoscope head is formed, a sterilization unit sterilizes the stethoscope head accommodated in the accommodation space using ultraviolet rays, and the stethoscope head is accommodated in the accommodation space. A display unit for displaying whether or not sterilization has been completed and a connection unit provided to connect the sterilization unit and the display unit to each other and to be fixed to a pocket of a scrub suit.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the sterilization unit is disposed on the inner surface of the body formed with a slot for the stethoscope head to be mounted, a sensor for detecting whether or not the stethoscope head is mounted inside the slot, the body, A plurality of UV LED elements emitting ultraviolet rays toward the stethoscope head mounted in the slot, a control board electrically connected to the UV LED elements and electrically controlling each of the UV LED elements, and fastened to the outer portion of the body and a power source for supplying power to the UV LED element.

Here, the control board may include a timer for detecting the driving time of the UV LED elements.

In addition, the control board may control the ultraviolet LED elements to generate ultraviolet rays in a wavelength range of 265 to 275 nm for 150 to 200 seconds/time.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the display unit includes a first light emitting unit displaying a state in which the electrostatic charge head is separated from the accommodating space, and a second light emitting unit displaying a sterilization state for sterilizing the electrostatic charge head accommodated in the accommodating space. A light emitting part and a third light emitting part indicating completion of sterilization of the green electric head, and each of the first to third light emitting parts may emit light of a different color.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the connection unit may include a clip fixed to the top of the pocket in a clip format.

The stethoscope sterilization apparatus according to the embodiments of the present invention includes a display unit capable of displaying whether the sterilization unit and the stethoscope head are accepted, and whether or not the sterilization is completed, so that not only the sterilization of the stethoscope head, but also the external patients to the stethoscope Sterilization can be easily confirmed visually. Therefore, not only the contamination of the stethoscope head can be suppressed, but also the occurrence of discomfort to the patient can be suppressed.

1 is a perspective view showing the structure of a general stethoscope.
Figure 2 is a block diagram for explaining a stethoscope sterilization apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the stethoscope sterilization device of Figure 2.
4 is a photograph showing a state in which the stethoscope sterilization device of FIG. 2 is worn on a doctor's scrub suit.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention does not have to be configured as limited to the embodiments described below and may be embodied in various other forms. The following examples are not provided to fully complete the present invention, but rather to fully convey the scope of the present invention to those skilled in the art.

In the embodiments of the present invention, when one element is described as being disposed on or connected to another element, the element may be directly disposed on or connected to the other element, and other elements may be interposed therebetween. It could be. Alternatively, when an element is described as being directly disposed on or connected to another element, there cannot be another element between them. The terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various items such as various elements, compositions, regions, layers and/or parts, but the items are not limited by these terms. will not

Technical terms used in the embodiments of the present invention are only used for the purpose of describing specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, unless otherwise limited, all terms including technical and scientific terms have the same meaning as can be understood by those skilled in the art having ordinary knowledge in the technical field of the present invention. The above terms, such as those defined in conventional dictionaries, shall be construed to have a meaning consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and description of the present invention, unless expressly defined, ideally or excessively outwardly intuition. will not be interpreted.

Embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to schematic illustrations of idealized embodiments of the present invention. Accordingly, variations from the shapes of the illustrations, eg, variations in manufacturing methods and/or tolerances, are fully foreseeable. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention are not to be described as being limited to specific shapes of regions illustrated as diagrams, but to include variations in shapes, and elements described in the drawings are purely schematic and their shapes is not intended to describe the exact shape of the elements, nor is it intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram for explaining a stethoscope sterilization apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the stethoscope sterilization device of Figure 2. 4 is a photograph showing a state in which the stethoscope sterilization device of FIG. 2 is worn on a doctor's scrub suit.

2 to 4 , the stethoscope sterilization device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be attached to a scrub suit worn by a doctor. In particular, the stethoscope sterilization device 100 may be fixed to the entrance of the breast pocket of the scrub suit in a clipping manner.

The stethoscope sterilization device 100 includes a sterilization unit 110, a display unit 150, and a connection unit 130.

In the sterilization unit 110, an accommodation space for accommodating a stethoscope head is formed. The accommodation space 111a may have a slot shape. The sterilization unit 110 may sterilize the stethoscope head accommodated in the accommodating space 111a using ultraviolet rays.

The ultraviolet light may have a wavelength range of 265 to 275 nm. In this case, ultraviolet rays can effectively destroy DNA constituting viruses. In addition, the ultraviolet rays may be irradiated for 150 to 200 seconds/time.

The sterilization unit 110 includes a body 111, a sensor 112, an LED device 113, a control board 115, and a power source 117.

The body 111 is formed with a slot 111a to which the stethoscope head can be mounted. At this time, the slot 111a may be defined as an accommodation space.

The sensor 112 detects whether or not the stethoscope head is mounted in the slot 111a. For example, the sensor 112 may include an optical sensor, a contact sensor, or a pressure sensor. The sensor 112 may be formed at an inlet of the slot 111a. Thus, the sensor 112 can more effectively detect whether or not the stethoscope head is introduced.

The ultraviolet LED elements 113 are disposed on the inner surface of the body 111 . The ultraviolet LED elements 113 emit ultraviolet rays toward the stethoscope head mounted in the slot 111a. The LED elements 113 may be arranged on a plurality of concentric circles. Thus, the LED elements 113 can sterilize the entire area of the stethoscope head uniformly.

The control board 115 is electrically connected to the UV LED elements 113 . The control board 115 is disposed parallel to the arrangement surface on which the LED elements 113 are arranged. The control board 115 electrically controls each of the UV LED elements 113 . Thus, the control board 115 can turn on/off the UV LED elements 113 . The control board 115 may include, for example, a printed circuit board and a plurality of control elements formed on the printed circuit board.

The power source 117 is fastened to the outer portion of the body 111 and supplies power to the UV LED device 113 . At this time, the control board 115 may control power supply of the power source 117 .

Meanwhile, the control board 115 may further include a timer 115a for detecting the driving time of the UV LED elements 113 . For example, when the sensor 112 detects inflow into the slot 111a of the rectifier head, the control board 115 issues a power supply command for supplying power from the power source 117 to the LED element 113. to the source 117. At this time, the timer 115a counts the power supply time, for example, 180 seconds, and when the power supply time ends, the control board 115 commands the power source 117 to cut off power. Thus, driving of the LED elements 113 is terminated. Thus, the driving time of the power source 117 can be effectively controlled by the timer 115a counting the driving time of the LED elements 113 .

For example, the control board 115 may control the ultraviolet LED elements 113 to generate ultraviolet rays in a wavelength range of 265 to 275 nm for 150 to 200 seconds/time.

The display unit 150 displays whether or not the stethoscope head is accommodated in the accommodation space and whether or not sterilization of the stethoscope head is completed. The display unit 150 is disposed to face the outside. Accordingly, a patient facing a doctor wearing a scrub suit can easily check the display unit 150 .

The display unit 150 has a first color when the stethoscope head is released from the accommodating space 111a, a second color for displaying a time for sterilizing the stethoscope head accommodated in the accommodating space, and a stethoscope head accommodated in the accommodating space. A third color indicating the end of sterilization may be displayed. In this way, the patient can easily visually check whether or not the stethoscope head accommodated in the pocket of the doctor's scrub suit is sterilized.

The display unit 150 includes a first light emitting unit 151 displaying a first color, a second light emitting unit 152 displaying a second color, and a third light emitting unit 153 displaying a third color. can do.

The first light emitting part 151 displays a state in which the electrostatic head is separated from the accommodating space 111a.

Meanwhile, the second light emitting unit 152 displays a sterilization state of sterilizing the electrostatic head accommodated in the accommodating space 111a.

Also, the third light emitting unit 153 may indicate completion of sterilization with respect to the green electric head. In this case, each of the first to third light emitting units 151, 152, and 153 may generate light of different first to third colors. For example, the first light emitting part 151 may emit red light, the second light emitting part 152 may emit yellow light, and the third light emitting part 153 may emit green light.

The connection part 130 connects the sterilization part 110 and the display part 150 to each other. For example, the connection part 130 interconnects upper ends of the sterilization part 110 and the display part 150 . At this time, a clip space is formed between the sidewall of each of the sterilization unit 110 and the display unit 150 and the lower surface of the connection unit. The upper part of the pocket of the scrub suit may be clipped to the clip space, and the electrostatic sterilization device 100 may be fixed to the pocket of the scrub suit.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the connection part 150, may include a clip fixed to the top of the pocket in the form of a clip.

The stethoscope sterilization apparatus according to the embodiments of the present invention includes a display unit capable of displaying whether the sterilization unit and the stethoscope head are accepted, and whether or not the sterilization is completed, so that not only the sterilization of the stethoscope head, but also the external patients to the stethoscope Sterilization can be easily confirmed visually. Therefore, not only the contamination of the stethoscope head can be suppressed, but also the occurrence of discomfort to the patient can be suppressed.

100: stethoscope sterilization device 110: sterilization unit
111: body 112: sensor
113: UV LED elements 115: control board
117: power source 130: display unit
150: connection part

Claims (6)

a sterilization unit having an accommodating space accommodating the stethoscope head and sterilizing the stethoscope head accommodated in the accommodating space using ultraviolet rays;
a display unit displaying whether the stethoscope head is accommodated in the accommodation space and whether sterilization of the stethoscope head is completed; and
A stethoscope sterilization apparatus comprising: a connection part interconnecting the sterilization part and the display part and provided to be fixed in a pocket of a scrub suit. The method of claim 1, wherein the sterilization unit,
a body in which a slot is formed so that the stethoscope head can be mounted;
a sensor inside the slot for detecting whether or not the stethoscope is mounted on the head;
a plurality of ultraviolet LED elements disposed on an inner surface of the body and emitting ultraviolet rays toward the stethoscope head mounted in the slot;
a control board electrically connected to the UV LED elements to electrically control each of the UV LED elements; and
A stethoscope sterilization device comprising a power source fastened to an outer portion of the body and supplying power to the ultraviolet LED element. The stethoscope sterilization apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control board includes a timer for detecting an operating time of the UV LED elements. The stethoscope sterilization apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the control board controls the ultraviolet LED elements to generate ultraviolet rays in a wavelength range of 265 to 275 nm for 150 to 200 seconds/time. The method of claim 1, wherein the display unit,
a first light emitting unit displaying a state in which the electrostatic head is separated from the accommodating space;
a second light emitting unit displaying a sterilization state of sterilizing the electrostatic head accommodated in the accommodating space; and
A third light emitting unit for indicating completion of sterilization of the electrostatic head;
The stethoscope sterilization device, characterized in that each of the first to third light emitting parts generate light of a different color. The electrostatic sterilization device according to claim 1, wherein the connection part comprises a clip fixed to the upper part of the bag in a clip-like manner.

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